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“John has an extensive background in financing and M&A work and will complement our broad real estate platform incredibly well,” said Gray.  “We are excited to welcome John to Wachovia.”

Ockerbloom joins Wachovia Securities after nine years at Banc of America Securities LLC (BAS) where he was a managing director in the Global Investment Banking Group's Real Estate Investment Banking practice.   Prior to joining the Real Estate Investment Banking Group in 2000, Ockerbloom served in the firm's Corporate Real Estate Advisory Group.  He also worked in the firm's CMBS division in a client management capacity and, before that, served as counsel to the Group.

Prior to BAS, Ockerbloom practiced securities and real estate law, and was most recently with the Boston firm of Sherburne, Powers & Needham (now Holland and Knight LLP).

Wachovia Securities' Real Estate Investment Banking group is the leading equity and bond underwriting firm and provider of mergers and acquisitions advisory services to real estate, lodging and gaming companies.

Wachovia Securities' Investment Banking practice offers a complete range of financing and advisory services to financial sponsor groups and corporate clients through eight industry groups: Consumer and Retail, Energy and Power, Financial Institutions, Healthcare, Industrial Growth, Media and Communications, Real Estate and Technology.

Wachovia Securities is the trade name for the corporate, investment banking, capital markets businesses of Wachovia Corporation and its subsidiaries, including Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC (WCM) and Wachovia Securities International Limited.  Wachovia Securities is also the trade name for the retail brokerage businesses of WCM's affiliates, Wachovia Securities, LLC, Wachovia Securities Financial Networks, LLC, Wexford Clearing, LLC, and First Clearing, LLC.

Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC, is a U.S. broker-dealer registered with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and a member of the New York Stock Exchange, the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc., and the Securities Investor Protection Corp. Wachovia Securities International Limited is a U.K. incorporated investment firm authorized and regulated by the Financial Services Authority.

About Wachovia
Wachovia Corporation (NYSE:WB) is one of the largest providers of financial services to retail, brokerage and corporate customers, with banking operations from Connecticut to Florida and west to Texas, and retail brokerage operations nationwide. Wachovia had assets of $520.8 billion, market capitalization of $82.3 billion and stockholders' equity of $47.6 billion at December 31, 2005. Its four core businesses, the General Bank, Capital Management, Wealth Management, and the Corporate and Investment Bank, serve more than 13 million household and business relationships primarily through 3,131 offices in 15 states and Washington, D.C. Its full-service retail brokerage firm, Wachovia Securities, LLC, also serves clients through 719 offices in 49 states, Washington, D.C., and six Latin American countries. The Corporate and Investment Bank serves clients in selected industries nationwide. Global services are offered through 40 offices around the world. Online banking and brokerage products and services also are available through Wachovia.com.